Habold btjscheb and octave stephen payzant



H. RUSCHER AND 0. S. PAYZANT.

' TICKET CARRIER. y APPLICATION FILED NOV. 8, i921.

' 1,409,785. Patented Mar.'14,1922;

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HAROLD RUSCHER AND OCTAVE STEPHEN PAYZANT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

TICKET CARR-IER.

Application filed November 8, 1921.

To all whom 'it may concer/1i.'

Be it known that we, HAROLD RUsCHnR and Oo'rAvn S. PAYZANT, both citizens of the United States, and residents, respectively, of the city of New York, borough of the Bronx, county ot Bronx, and State of New York, and the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, county and State of New York, have invented a new and linproved Ticket Carrier, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactv description.

This invention relates to ticket carriers and has tor an object to provide an improved carrier wherein the tickets are not only held at the proper angle for dispensing but are prevented any appreciable reverse movement when pressure is brought to bear thereon preparatory to their removal.

Another object of' the invention is to provide a carrier in which a removable spring is arranged at the discharge end positioned to rcsiliently resist removal of the tickets.

A still further object of the invention is to provide -a'earricr in which the follower is foiined with an extension or tongue adapted to project from the carrier Vat the discharge end ot the cariier when the tickets are getting low in theV carrier.

In the accompanying drawing- Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section through a carrier disclosing one embodiment of the invention.

Figure 2 is a top plan view ot' the carriei rshown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a side view of the lower part of the carrier shown in Figure 1, part being broken away for illustrating the posit-ion of the follower when only a few tickets remain.

Figure 4 isa detail fragmentary sectional view through Figure 1 on line l---Qt .Figure 5 is an enlarged detail frag-V mentary sectional view showing the front part of the carrier shown in Figure 1 and illustrating how the spring is bowed when the ticket is being removed.

Figure 6 is an enlarged detail perspective view of the follower shown in Figure 1.

Referring to the accompanying drawing by numerals, 1 indicates the bottom oit the carrier which carrier is provided with a low upstanding side or flange 2, a side 3 and an inturned top fla-nge 4. The provision of the flange 4 necessitates the arrangement of the tickets 5 at an angle substantially as shown in Figure 1 so that an undesirable amount of ticket-s cannot be crowded into Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 14, 1922.

Serial No. 513,726.

the carrier. At the rear the carrier is provided with an end fla-nge 6 having suitable ears or cleats '7 for receiving` a legend card while at the front the carrier is provided with inturned flanges 8 and 9, flange S being cut away at 10 while flange 9 ,is cut away at 11 and 12 and notched at 13 for receiving the end 111 of the spring 15. The spring 15 extends through the folded over section 16 of' the flange 9 whereby it is locked firmly in place when the end 14' is extending through theopening 12. As shown in Figure 5 the spring 15 bows to permit one of the Vtickets 5 to be removed when the thumb pressed spurs or stops 18. The tickets 5 may be arranged as shown in Figure 1 with tlieupper ends free of the stops 18 or may be arranged to snap thereover as shown in Figure 5 as desired. Inv either event, in lase there is a rearward movement of the ticket by reason of the pressure of the ticket sellers finger against the. first ticket, the front tickets will quickly slide up against the stops 18 and be held against further rearward movement thus permitting the liront ticket to be firmly grasped and yremoved downwardly as shown in Figure 5.

' There the ticket carrier is almost empty as shown in Figure 3, the follower 19 naturally holds the tickets in proper place and the projection or tongue 2O extends beyondv the bottom 1 of the carrier. This tongue or projection is intended to be painted red or somey decided color so as to quickly and easily attract the eye and thereby indicate that the carrier is about empty. Preferably, the tongue 20 is sufficiently narrow'to pass between the retaining flanges 8 and 9 and is also preferably somewhat rounded so as not to injure the hand of the operator at any time.

In order that the tickets may slide easily as well as the follower 19, beads or raised portions 21 and 22 are provided in the bot-- tom of the carrier, said beads being preferably pressed upwardly from the material but lfor dispensing labels used by druggist's.

Where a thin ticket or label `is to be dispensed, a tongue 23 is provided having a turned up end or friction j aw Zilovcr which the bottom edge of the ticketsmust pass.

lVhen the thumb is pressed against a thin ticket and the ticket is urged downwardly vand outwardly, said ticket will scrape against the jaw 24 which will act to prevent the removal of more than one ticket at each operation It will be noted that no entra .inaterial is needed for vforming the tongue 28 while an eXtra gripping or holding niemrber'is provided for preventing the removal of more: than one ticket at each operation.

. l.V A ticket carrier comprising a body sub- .stantially rectangular in cross section, said body having an inclined froiitwith open sections to permit tickets to be pulled therev.-from, anda follower arranged in'saidv body formed with a tonguev adapted to yproject beyond the body atV the front when only a ,few tickets remain.

2. Ina ticket carrier a body for `receiving tickets formed Vwith a dischargeopeniiig, and a. follower formed with a tongue arlfranged. as an elongation of the bottomV of spring in position.V

the follower, saidv tongue being adapted to project ythrough saidy discharge lopening' when oiilyafewtickets remain'in the body. 3. In aticket earrier'of the character described a Y'body formed with an Vinclined lfront having` a pair vof inwardly extending .flanges lcut olf adjacent thebottoni wherebyk tickets may be freely moved through said cutfolf portions, oneof said ilanges being turned in and slotted,Y and a spring slidingly ii'tted in'tosaid turned in portion andarranged so as to prevent accidental removal of the tickets and means for holding the 4l. In'a ticket carrier ofthe character described a body formed-with an inclined front havinga pair of inwardly extending flanges cut off adjacent the bottom fwhei'eby tickets may be freely removed through said cut olf portions, one of said'ilanges being turnedA in? and slotted, and aspring slidingly fitted into said turnedin portion and arranged so as to prevent accidental removal of the tickets, said spriiigbeingforined lwith a turned up end fitting into said slot whereby it is 'Y locked against accidental removal.

i-5. A ticket carrier comprising a sheetl 'saldi-langes for sa. ineens-e metal body having a flat bottoni, a pair of ii'pstanding sides', and a paire-f inturned flanges at the front,v said flanges falling ,short of the bottom whereby tickets may freely vpass from behind the flanges soY as to be readily discharged, one Vof said flanges beingbent backV upon itself to provide apassageway7 said last mentioned flange having a slot, and a spring slidingly positioned in said passage-way forinedwith means extending into said slot and with an vend normally closingl the opening betiif'een'said bottom and said flange.

6. A ticket carrierVv comprising a body formed with a flat bottoni, apaiigof upstanding sides, said sidesat the front being formed with iiiturned ranges, means co-act'- ing with onel oflsaid' flanges for normally preventing removal of tickets, onev of said sides having a top iiiturned flange, said top inturiied i'lzin'ge beingforiiied witlraplurality of depressed stops for lpreventing retrograde movement of tickets.

7. In a ticket carrier of the character de vscribed abody provided yf-.vithan intiirned flange' parallel with thebottoin, said flange ybeing formed with' a pluralityA of dow'ir wardly pressed spurs acting asstops and co- ".jacting with the upper part'of'the Vtickets in thev carrierfor preventing Yretrograde Vmovement thereof when pressure is bioiightvto bear thereonjfrom the front of the carrier.

8. A ticket carrier comprising a body formed with a flat bottoni haif'ing a.L pair of YaoV spacedupwardly pressed beads extending Vlongitudinally of thebottom' from one enc to near the opposite end, a pair of iipstaiidsides. sa-id sides beingchamfered atV the front and formed'witli'-inturned flanges eX- tending towardv each otheri a spring .connected with one of said langes for normally Vpreventing .the removal'of4 tickets, and

plurality of means vassociated with onefof preventingA retrograde movelnient of thetickets.'V Y. f

v9. 'A ticket carrier comprising" a body formed with a bottom7 a pair ofupstanding 'sides7 one ofsaid sides having a flange extending for the full length ofthe side, veach jof'said sides'having an inturned flange at one end, a spring connected withone Vof said intiirnedV flanges for normally preventing the removal of tickets?, and aspriiig associated with said bottoni'at the discharge end of the carrier having a turned up Vjaw for positively preventing the remov lof more than one ticketat a time regardless -ofl the thickness of the ticket.

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